Michael, Your LTSP lab sounds interesting. Unfortunately, the University Village computer center is pretty tightly run by UC Berkeley's Residential Computing department (we have 30 Windows machines and 4 Macs). We can't even get them to agree to having a non-networked staff computer in the center to allow staff members to install their own programs. I doubt they would even consider the type of setup you propose. Nonetheless, I will inquire. I completely agree that having several Ubuntu machines in the computer lab would aid adoption by letting residents experiment with Ubuntu in a low-stakes way. If nothing else, perhaps ResComp could replace a few of our many Windows machines with Ubuntu... I'll look into it.
*Maile* On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Michael Paric <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > As a newcomer, I wanted to introduce myself and briefly summarize a project > that Grant Bowman, Jack Deslippe, and I have been planning. > > I work with Cathy Malmrose to run Partimus, a non-profit that uses FOSS and > repurposed hardware to provide technology to disadvantaged children and > schools. I have a background in mathematics and programming, but I am still > learning my way around Ubuntu; my more valuable skill set lies in > organizational planning. I currently live in and work closely with > University Village, Albany, the main campus for UC Berkeley's student family > housing. I am deeply involved in affordable housing issues and in building > programs beneficial to student families. > > Grant, Jack, I have been working to plan an installfest / Ubuntu tutorial > in the University Village computer lab. The demographics of University > Village make it a prime population for potential new Ubuntu users. We have > nearly 2,000 highly-educated, financially impoverished, widely international > adults in the Village--many of whom are likely to be interested in Ubuntu, > but nervous about making the jump on their own. Our tentative plan is to > create an Introduction to Ubuntu tutorial extending over two or three > sessions, where students install Ubuntu the first week and learn basic > skills, then come back again for the next class to resolve issues, ask > questions, learn slightly more complicated skills, and learn where to go in > the future when they have problems. We are planning to hold it in late > January or early February, after UCB's spring semester begins. > > Thank you for your enthusiasm and support, > > Maile Urbanic > [email protected] > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > > Maile, > We spoke briefly at a past Berkeley LUG meeting where I mentioned my thin > client-based system that I believe would be perfect for the University > Village. Setting up a Ubuntu-based Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) lab > would provide several benefits: 1) An open lab where people without their > own computers would have access to the technology; 2) A training facility > for the proposed tutorial sessions; 3) Reduced maintenance and down-time due > to the LTSP architecture. I believe you'll have a greater success with > Ubuntu adoption if the residents can get some hands-on experience and > practice in the lab before committing to an installfest (which can be done > in parallel but as a separate project from the lab). I have an LTSP demo > system (using ZaReason equipment, of course :) I'd be more than happy to > bring to Berkeley to show you and the residents. Let me know how I can help. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Michael Paric > [email protected] > >
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